The Portland daily press., 1887-03-09
The ess ;slAruRE.
A Discussion In the 50 over the
Temperance Bm,<
Opponents of the Measure Make a
Hard Fight Against 1t,
But 10 Not Succeed In Defeating
More Remonstrances from Portland
Against Woman Suffrage.
An important Banking Bill Intro
duced by MIR. Fogg of Portland.
The Committee still Investigating
the tuberculosis Question.
The Railroad Committee TO Report
in Favor of the International.
The carrabassett and Canada Rail-
road to be Chartered.
The Wooden Mills Favorable to the
Ten Hour Law.
The carrabassett and Canada Rail-
road to be Chartered.
The Wooden Mills Favorable to the
Ten Hour Law.
Especial to the PREss.l

AAdlrlAs 04diCA
The Senate talked all this forenoon over
the temperance bill. Senator Gilbert of Cam
ton, who thinks we have law enough already
first proposed an amendment to strike out
Sections l to s inclusive. This amendment
included the section putting the State liquor
agent on salary, the sections repeating the
fiye-gallon cider clause, making imprison-
ment the punishment for the first offence, ,and
making the possession of a United States
license primd fdcie evidence against the pos
SCISSOR. There was long debate, in which SEN
ators Gilbert and Wescott favored the
amendment on the ground that we have law
enough already. On the other hand Messrs.
Daggett, Cole and Heath opposed such a
change in the bill. In the course of this de-
bate Senator Heath pointed out that the
clause of the bill making the punishment
for selling liquor imprisonment for the first
offense, was not really so strict as was gem
orally supposed by the people throughout the
State There are, he said five principal forms
of procedure against the rumsellers, ''liquor
nuisance" search and seizure" single
Now from eight to nine out of every ten con-
victions are under these first two methods of
procedure, for ''lquor nuisance" or search
and seizure" But for these two offenses,
Senator Heath pointed out, the law does not
make imprisonment, the punishment for the
first offence But for the other three offences,
franl which relatively few convictions are
made, Imprisonment is prescribed as the
punishment. When the vote was taken by
yeas and nays, the amendment was voted
down, IL to 9.
Then Senator Wescott had adopted an
amendment that would allow railroad COM
panles to move liquors in transit from one
ear to another without becoming liable un-
der the section which was intended to pre-
vent railroad companies from dumping
liquors off between stations. An attempt,
led by Senator Libby, was next made to
strike out that part of sec. 10 of the bill
which makes the possession of United
States liquor license prima facie evidence
against the possessor. Senators Weymouth
and Heath opposed this On vote ten vOt-
ed for the amendment anc ten against it, so
the amen lmont was lost.
Then Senator Lumbert tried to have the
whole bill postponed indefinitely. This is
the vote on that proposition, which was de-
feated-l2 to 8.
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Gilbert, Goodnow, Ken
dali, Libby, Lumbert Phair, Wescott-S.
NAYS-MessrS. Cole Daggett, Dunnell Heath
Hill, Lord Norcross, Rich, Simpson, Sleeper, Wal.
lace, Weym0uth-12.
Absent or not yoting--Messrs. Burrin, Flint
GuShee Harmon, Hinckley, Jones, Nichols, Rus
sell, Sargent, Young-10
After this vote was declared, Senator Lum-
bert moved that section of the bill be
stricken out This is the section which re-
peals the five gallon" clause of the present
law and the motion to strike it out caused
a lively debate. Senator Lumbert held ON to
his point, however, and the section was
stricken out by a vote of 10>t0 8. If the
House concurs with this the cider law will
be left as it is.
Then, after having done this Senator Lum-
bert turned his attention to section s, which
makes United States license prinia ytdcit
evidence Of rum selling He argued that
introduced a principle of evidence new and
not applied to any other crime. Mr.. Eum.
bert was arguing this point when the Senate
took recess until afternoon.
This afternoon the Senate continued the
discussion of the temperance bill. Many alb
sent Senators had arrived and nearly every
seat was occupied. The vote whereby the
cider section was struck out this forenoon
was reconsidered, so the five gallon" clause
of the present law must go. Senator Lum-
bert was also defeated in his attempt to
strike out the section relating to United
States licenses. The bill was then amended
so that the section relating to druggists
shall not take effect until May 1st. Then
the bill was passed to be engrossed by the
following vote;
YEAs-Cole Daggett, Dunnell, Flint Heath
HILL Hinckley. Jones, Lord. Norcross, Rich Rus
sell, Simpson, Wallace, Weymouth-15.
NAYs-Allsn, Gilbert Kendall, Libbey, Lum
ABSENT OR NOT VoTING-Goodnow, Gushee
Harmon, Marble, Sargent Sleeper, Young-7.
The bill now goes back to the House fol
concurrence on the amendment.
Woman Suffrage.
In the House, this morning, more remon
strances were received from women of Port
land who dn not haliava in Womon Cnffroga